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Adapting the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda to the city level: Initial reflections from a comparative research project
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-03-08)The Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda recognise the role of cities in achieving sustainable development. However, these agendas were agreed and signed by national governments and thus implementing them ... -
Application of Water Quality Model QUAL2K to Model the Dispersion of Pollutants in River Ndarugu, Kenya
(2014-01)Ndarugu River, Kenya, during its course through the different agricultural and industrial areas of Gatundu, Gachororo and Juja farms, receives untreated industrial, domestic and agricultural waste of point source discharges ... -
Assessment of pollution in Ndarugu river due to runoff and agro-industrial wastewater disposal
(Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology, 2014)River Ndarugu is a tributary of Athi River in Kenya and is one of the main sources of fresh water for domestic use to the villages along the river bank and Nairobi City. It traverses Juja Township in Kiambu County, Central ... -
Bridging weak links of solid waste management in informal settlements
(Sage, 2016-10-05)Many cities in the global South suffer from vast inadequacies and deficiencies in their solid waste management. In the city of Kisumu in Kenya, waste management is fragmented and insufficient with most household waste ... -
Bridging Weak Links of Solid Waste Management in Informal Settlements
(Journal of Environment & Development, 2017)Many cities in the global South suffer from vast inadequacies and deficiencies in their solid waste management. In the city of Kisumu in Kenya, waste management is fragmented and insufficient with most household waste ... -
Bridging Weak Links of Solid Waste Management in Informal Settlements
(SAGE, 2017)Many cities in the global South suffer from vast inadequacies and deficiencies in their solid waste management. In the city of Kisumu in Kenya, waste management is frag-mented and insufficient with most household waste ... -
Bringing the Global To the Local: The Challenges of Multi-Level Governance for Global Policy Implementation in Africa
(International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2021-08-12)The New Urban Agenda (NUA) and Agenda 2030’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise the key role of ‘sub-national entities’, including cities, in achieving sustainable development. However, since these global policy ... -
Briquetting as a Means of Recovering Energy from Organic Market Waste
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2021-05-13)Municipal Solid Waste is causing pollution and health hazards in cities around the world. In Kenya, existing and emerging cities are experiencing increased populations with increase in organic market waste. Organic market ... -
Calibration and validation of EPA SWMM for stormwater runoffmodelling in Nyabugogo catchment, Rwanda
(Journal of Sustainable Research in Engineering, 2018)Rapid urbanization isknown to have several negative impacts towards hydrological cycle. Urban growth contributes to the increase of impervious area which increases stormwater runoff peak flows and volumes. Nyabugogo ... -
Characterizing Landscape Fragmentation of Koitobos River Sub-Basin-Trans-Nzoia, Kenya
(Heliyon, 2023-03-15)The changes of landscape structure and functioning due to unprecedented human interference is hastening across the globe and it is thus a compelling necessity to preserve and restore our ecosystems. This study aimed to ... -
Comparative assessment of landslide susceptibility by logistic regression and first order second moment method: Case study of Bujumbura Peri-Urban Area, Burundi.
(Journal of Engineering Research and Application, 2018-08)Several landslides incidents in the Bujumbura region are reported regularly by independent sources. However, few studies on the causes in the region have been conducted and no record of susceptibility map at a regional exists. ... -
Developing and testing the urban sustainable development goal’s targets and indicators – a five-city study
(2015-12-23)The campaign for the inclusion of a specifically urban goal within the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was challenging. Numerous divergent interests were involved, while urban areas worldwide are also ... -
The Effect of Climate Change on Loss of Lake Volume: Case of Sedimentation in Central Rift Valley Basin, Ethiopia
(2018-12-11)Evaluating the impact of climate change on sediment yield has become one of the major topics in climate research. The purpose of this study was to investigate sediment yield contribution to lake volume change under ... -
The effect of surface albedo and grain size distribution on eveporation losses in sand dams
(Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology, 2011)Sand dams are very useful in arid and semi arid lands (ASALs) as facilities for water storage and conservation. Soils in ASALs are mainly sandy and major water loss is by evaporation and infiltration. This study investigated ... -
Energy recovery from municipal solid waste
(2017-10-20)Kisumu City is fast urbanizing. Implying that challenges posed by improper management of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) are increasing at both Kibuye market and Kachok dumpsite, within the City. This is a great hazard ... -
Engaging with and measuring informality in the proposed urban sustainable development goal
(Journal African Geographical Review, 2016-03-16)A unique project by Mistra Urban Futures to test the draft targets and indicators of the proposed Urban Sustainable Development Goal (Goal 11) in five diverse cities in Europe, Africa, and Asia revealed numerous complexities ... -
Evaluation of Irrigation System Operation and Management Using the MASSCOTE Approach: A Case Study of Bura Irrigation Scheme, Kenya
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2019-09-09)The main aim of this study has been to assess the performance of Bura Irrigation and Settlement Scheme using the MASSCOTE approach and advise on some improvement options for the Bura Irrigation & Settlement Scheme. ... -
Flow of materials in a market system: food security and environmental sustainability perspective
(Research Gate, 2018-01)Worldwide, there is a challenge of feeding growing population calling for discussions on flow of food materials in a market system. In Kenya, this discussion has been lacking that could aid in identification of opportunities ...
